N520TX
Well Known Member
I read through the NTSB report that Doug has linked to on the home page. The following sentence caught my attention - "The pilot gave no indication that he planned to perform aerobatic maneuvers, and he was not wearing a parachute, which is required for aerobatics."
On my most recent BFR, my instructor told me that on his latest CFII refresher, he was told the same thing by the FSDO rep. Both he and I had always been under the impression that if you are SOLO, no parachute is required. Has there been a change in interpretation of the regulation ?
91.307(c)
Unless each occupant of the aircraft is wearing an approved parachute, no pilot of a civil aircraft carrying any person (other than a crewmember) may execute any intentional maneuver that exceeds--
(1) A bank of 60 degrees relative to the horizon; or
(2) A nose-up or nose-down attitude of 30 degrees relative to the horizon.
On my most recent BFR, my instructor told me that on his latest CFII refresher, he was told the same thing by the FSDO rep. Both he and I had always been under the impression that if you are SOLO, no parachute is required. Has there been a change in interpretation of the regulation ?
91.307(c)
Unless each occupant of the aircraft is wearing an approved parachute, no pilot of a civil aircraft carrying any person (other than a crewmember) may execute any intentional maneuver that exceeds--
(1) A bank of 60 degrees relative to the horizon; or
(2) A nose-up or nose-down attitude of 30 degrees relative to the horizon.